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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

God Isn't Just The God Of...

Hello everyone.  Praise the Lord!

Don’t know who the author is but this is such a good poem! All pictures by Google commons.


God isn’t just the God of

Well-paying jobs
Intact families

All those visible spaces.

The ones we show to the world.
The ones that look like we have our act together.
The ones where we will be praised.

He’s bigger than that. Much much bigger.

His heart is bigger.
His presence is bigger.
His well-worn, tenderness is bigger.


BECAUSE

He’s also and especially the God of

Broken hearts
Empty checking accounts
Rehab rooms
Sleepless and fitful nights
Bathroom floors
Messy selves and messy lives


The places where it’s just us and Him.

The ones only He can really see.
Hear.
Understand.
Guide.
Comfort.
Heal.


The places of

Loss
Despair
Loneliness
Doubt
Fear


That are also the places of

Growth
Hope
Belonging
Grace
Peace

The places that nothing and no one else can touch.

Except for this big big, “very present help in time of trouble,” tender-hearted God.

Those are the most sacred places of all.

And some of the most beautiful.